Tendulkar made 139 runs off 125 balls decorating his knock with 19 classy strokes past the ropes. This was Tendulkar's 28th ODI hundred and in the end it proved to be a match winning one. He played almost all the strokes in the game. A delicate late cut off Martyn to the third man fence, a paddle sweep off Symonds, a cracking inside out cover drive off Warne, pulling and cutting McGrath, it was all Tendulkar in full flow. India slipped from 231/1 in the 38th over to 299/8 in 50 overs as wickets kept falling in quick succession. Hemang Badani (23) was the only batsman in the middle and late order to make any contribution with the bat. Ganguly sorry tale of failures continued, failing to open his account before holing out a catch in the third ball.